Virdhawal Khade

Virdhawal Vikram Khade (born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) (Marathi:विरधवल खाडे) is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events. He created history on 16 November 2010 when he won a medal after 24 years for India in swimming in the 50m butterfly category at the 2010 Asian games.

Career

He is the national record-holder in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle events and in the 50m Butterfly. Khade is Senior National Champion, 2006 in 50 m, 100 m, 200 m Freestyle and 50 m Butterfly. He won six Gold Medals and broke three Games Records at the South Asian Games, 2006 and won six Gold medals and broke five Games Records at the 33rd National Games, Guwahati.

He is the youngest ever Indian swimmer to qualify for an Olympics. Although he did not qualify for the semifinals of the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he did finish first in his heat (Heat 3) and set a new personal best of 50.07 seconds, placing him 42nd overall. He came 48th in the 200 m freestyle and 32nd in the 50 m.

Virdhawal Khade

Virdhawal Vikram Khade (born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) (Marathi:विरधवल खाडे) is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events. He created history on 16 November 2010 when he won a medal after 24 years for India in swimming in the 50m butterfly category at the 2010 Asian games.

Career

He is the national record-holder in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle events and in the 50m Butterfly. Khade is Senior National Champion, 2006 in 50 m, 100 m, 200 m Freestyle and 50 m Butterfly. He won six Gold Medals and broke three Games Records at the South Asian Games, 2006 and won six Gold medals and broke five Games Records at the 33rd National Games, Guwahati.

He is the youngest ever Indian swimmer to qualify for an Olympics. Although he did not qualify for the semifinals of the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he did finish first in his heat (Heat 3) and set a new personal best of 50.07 seconds, placing him 42nd overall. He came 48th in the 200 m freestyle and 32nd in the 50 m.

VirdhawalKhade missed the Asian Games medal by a whisker but the swimmer from Kolhapur has made significant progress since making a grand comeback last year ... I have been writing to them since the Commonwealth Games and hopefully they will consider now,” said Khade, who had the 50m butterfly bronze at the 2010 Asiad....

VirdhawalKhade the seasoned campaigner was worried that he will have to return home without a record show, which he has been doing for past 10 years...VirdhawalKhade (SFI, 24.26 NMR, OR 24.17s by Khade in 2009), Supriya Mondal (Rlys, 24.86s), Sarma SP Nair (Rlys, 25.19), Neel Roy ......

For the last three days, he watched youngsters hog the limelight but on the penultimate day, VirdhawalKhade made a cameo appearance and left his indelible mark in the Glenmark 72nd National swimming championship at the B.R ...VirdhawalKhade (SFI) 24.26; NR; OR - 24.36, VirdhawalKhade (Mah), 2009, 2....

VirdhawalKhade and Salonia Dalal broke national records in the men's 50m butterfly and women's 100m breaststroke respectively on the penultimate day of the 72nd SeniorNationalAquatic Championship on Saturday. Virdhawal, who missed the ... The earlier record was held by Virdhawal....

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... In the men's 400m freestyle event, Sajan blitzed his way to the gold setting a national record by clocking a time of 3.54.93 seconds ... The quartet of Neel Roy, Sadhvi Dhuri, Kenisha Gupta and VirdhawalKhade representing SwimmingFederation of India set the last record of the day in the 4x50m mixed event ... Results.. Men ... 1 ... 1 ... K ... 1 ... Women....

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ...Karnataka lad, Srihari, created a national record by finishing with a timing of 26.55 seconds in the heats ... In the men's 50m freestyle, 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist, VirdhawalKhade grabbed the gold while Aaron D'Souza and Neel Roy finished second and third respectively ... ....

At an age when most would have quit competitive swimming, 36-year-old Richa Mishra came up with the best Indian performance in the women’s 400m Individual Medley on the second day of the Glenmark 72nd National swimming championship at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar international aquatic complex here on Thursday ... The results. Men ... VirdhawalKhade (SFI) 22.80, 2....

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. Some of the swimmers participating here in the 72nd NationalSeniorAquatic Championship weren't even born when Richa Mishra made her debut at the swimming nationals way back in 1994... Meanwhile, VirdhawalKhade representing SFI retained his title as fastest swimmer of the meet with a gold in men's 50m freestyle (22.80s) ... ....

“I am extremely confident that we will be able to retain the title ...Home favourite Sajan won’t be the only experienced swimmer taking the dip come Wednesday as Maharashtra’s VirdhawalKhade (50M and 100M freestyle), and Delhi’s Sandeep Sejwal go all out to shave points off Karnataka’s tally ... “The girls are also really good ... ....

Multi-sports Games, like the Asian Games or the Olympics—are superior to anything else. It’s like wandering through a contemporary museum of sport. It’s the best ticket in sport even if nothing is being played there ...Sun Yang, VirdhawalKhade and the last-placed guy, their bodies still sucking in oxygen ... The almost-third guy ... The lane of tales....

The stories of athletes who did India proud at the recently-concluded Asian Games must not be forgotten in the din of celebration that more often than not shows a lack of nuance. Moneycontrol News @moneycontrolcom ...World champion weight-lifter MirabaiChanu, swimmers VirdhawalKhade and Srihari Nataraj are some of the other possible contenders ... ....